Vox Nostra with Vlad Smishkewych Sunday 22 October 2017
The ancient celebrations of Samhain may have predated the Christian feast of All Hallow's Eve, but late October has always been a time for slightly spooky happenings. Vlad explores some of the darker tendencies of the season with music from over ten centuries, including very, very early Irish songs, duets and trios about witches and wizardry, and perhaps even a medieval recipe for pumpkin pie. Halloween gets a very special early music treatment, with tunes good enough to raise the dead! (Or keep the spirits happy, at the very least.)
Vox Nostra with Vlad Smishkewych
Musical make-believe or reconstructed beauty? Poetry of an 11th century troubadour king features on today's Vox Nostra.
Music Played on the Show
Title: Vespro Solenne - Venetian Solemn Vespers For The Birth Of Louis Xiv:Jubilate Deo A 2 (Motetti Concertanti Op.3, 1635)
Composer: Rovetta, Giovanni
Performer(s): Cantus Colln
Album: Giovanni Rovetta: Vespro Solenne / Harmonia Mundi / HMC 901706
Duration: 4:09
Title: Pos De Chantar M'Es Pres Talens
Composer: Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (William IX of Aquitaine)
Performer(s): Brice Duisit (Voice, Vielle)
Album: Las Cansos Del Coms De Peitieus (The Songs of the Count of Poitiou) / Alpha Productions / Alpha 505
Duration: 5:37
Title: Postlude Instrumental
Composer: Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (William IX of Aquitaine)
Performer(s): Brice Duisit (Voice, Vielle)
Album: Las Cansos Del Coms De Peitieus (The Songs of the Count of Poitiou) / Alpha Productions / Alpha 505
Duration: 1:39
Title: Aurilla Mia
Composer: Kapsberger, Johann
Performer(s): Magdalena Kozena (Mezzo-Soprano), Private Musicke
Album: Lettere Amorose - Magdalena Kozena /Private Musicke /Pierre Pitzl / Deutsche Grammophon / 4778764
Duration: 3:17
Title: O Que En Santa María, No.216
Composer: Alfonso X
Performer(s): Martin Best (Voice/Psaltery), Martin Best Ensemble
Album: Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X / Nimbus / NI5081
Duration: 2:56
Title: Introduction Et Polonaise Brillante In C Major For Violoncello And Piano Op.3
Composer: Chopin, Frederic
Performer(s): Sergei Istomin (Cello)
Album: Fryderyk Chopin: Complete works for cello and piano / Passacaille / 968
Duration: 9:11
Title: Variations On "La Folia"
Composer: Scarlatti, Alessandro
Performer(s): Esfahani, Mahan (Harpsichord), Concerto Koln
Album: Time present and time past / Archiv Produktion / 4794481
Duration: 6:27
Title: Vespro Solenne - Venetian Solemn Vespers For The Birth Of Louis Xiv: Magnificat A 8 Et Due Violini (1639)
Composer: Rovetta, Giovanni
Performer(s): Cantus Colln
Album: Giovanni Rovetta: Vespro Solenne / Harmonia Mundi / HMC 901706
Duration: 10:04
Title: Adesto Dolori Meo, O Deus
Composer: De Wert, Giacches
Performer(s): Currende Ensemble
Album: Giaches de Wert: Musica Religiosa / Accent / 9291
Duration: 3:56
Title: Tres
Composer: Cabezon, Antonio de
Performer(s): Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
Album: El arte de fantasía / Harmonia Mundi / 907316
Duration: 1:39
Title: Companhon Farai Un Vers Qu'er Covinen
Composer: Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (William IX of Aquitaine)
Performer(s): Brice Duisit (Voice, Vielle)
Album: Las Cansos Del Coms De Peitieus (The Songs of the Count of Poitiou) / Alpha Productions / Alpha 505
Duration: 4:49
Title: If Ye Love Me
Composer: Tallis, Thomas
Performer(s): The Cardinall's Musick
Album: Thomas Tallis: Salve intemerata & other sacred music / Hyperion / CDA67994
Duration: 2:24
Title: Estampie (Über Den Goldener Ton)
Composer: Walther von der Vogelweide
Performer(s): Per-Sonat
Album: Walther von der Vogelweide: Lieder von Macht & Liebe / Christophorus / CHR77394
Duration: 2:35
Title: Dum Paterfamilias
Composer: Anon
Performer(s): Sequentia
Album: Vox Iberica I - Donnersöhne / Sons Of Thunder / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / DHM-RD 77 199
Duration: 4:48
Title: La Jota
Composer: Murcia
Performer(s): Hille Perl (Guitar), Steve Player (Xarana) Lee Santana ( Guitar)
Album: Stars Of Salzburg / RCA Red Seal / 82876536602
Duration: 2:56
Title: Sonata Iii In E Minor, Op. 5/3 (1st Movement) Largo. Un Poco Dolce Sempre
Composer: Leclair, Jean Marie
Performer(s): Jaap Ter Linden (Cello)
Album: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonatas / ECM New Series / 476 6280
Duration: 2:47
Title: Sonata Iii In E Minor, Op. 5/3 (2nd Movement) Vivace
Composer: Leclair, Jean Marie
Performer(s): Jaap Ter Linden (Cello)
Album: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonatas / ECM New Series / 476 6280
Duration: 3:12
Title: Sonata Iii In E Minor, Op. 5/3 (3rd Movement) Aria. Gratioso. Andante
Composer: Leclair, Jean Marie
Performer(s): Jaap Ter Linden (Cello)
Album: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonatas / ECM New Series / 476 6280
Duration: 4:07
Title: Sonata Iii In E Minor, Op. 5/3 (4th Movement) Allegro - Presto
Composer: Leclair, Jean Marie
Performer(s): Lars-Ulrik Mortensen (Harpsichord)
Album: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonatas / ECM New Series / 476 6280
Duration: 3:22
Title: Divisions On Susanna Un Jour (After Lassus)
Composer: Cabezon, Hernando de
Performer(s): Timothy Roberts (Organ, Harpsichord),Paula Chateauneuf (Chitarrone)Frances Kelly (Harp)
Album: The Age of Extravagance / Virtuoso Music from Iberian and Italy / hyperion / CDA66977
Duration: 3:48
Title: Pieces In A Major - Iii: Courante
Composer: Conradi, Johann Gottfried
Performer(s): José Miguel Moreno (Baroque Lute)
Album: Johann Gottfried Conradi - Neue Lauten Stucke / Glossa / GCD 920113
Duration: 2:02
Title: Sonata (Concerto Ix) In A Minor: V- Allegro
Composer: Scarlatti, Alessandro
Performer(s): Europa Galante
Album: Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie / Virgin Veritas / 724354549526
Duration: 2:03
Title: Suite In D Minor (6th Movement) L'Entretien Des Muses
Composer: Rameau, Jean Philippe
Performer(s): George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Album: Jean-Phileppe Rameau: Harpsichord Works - George Malcolm - Disk 1 / Decca / 468 555-2
Duration: 3:56
Title: Al Mormorar De Liquidi Cristalli
Composer: Gastoldi, Giovanni
Performer(s): The King's Singers
Album: Il Trionfo di Dori / Signum Records / SIGCD414
Duration: 2:36
Title: Pus Vezem De Novelh Florir
Composer: Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (William IX of Aquitaine)
Performer(s): Brice Duisit (Voice, Vielle)
Album: Las Cansos Del Coms De Peitieus (The Songs of the Count of Poitiou) / Alpha Productions / Alpha 505
Duration: 7:10
Title: Bella Mano
Composer: Scarlatti, Alessandro
Performer(s): Veronica Cangemi (Soprano), Akademie Fur Alte Music, Berlin
Album: Griselda: A. Scarlatti / Harmonia Mundi / HMC 901805.07
Duration: 5:04
Title: Vi Ricorda, O Boschi Ombrosi
Composer: Monteverdi, Claudio
Performer(s): Diego Valentin Flores (Baritone), Capella Mediterranea
Album: Una Utopia Argentina / AMBRONAY / AMY034
Duration: 1:33
Title: Al Clamor
Composer: Torres, Joseph de (ca. 1670-1738)
Performer(s): Al Ayre Espanol
Album: Barroco Español, Vol. 1: Mas No Puede Ser - Villancicos, Cantatas, et al. / DHM Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / 7575552
Duration: 7:05
Title: Farai Chansoneta Nueva
Composer: Guillaume IX d'Aquitaine (William IX of Aquitaine)
Performer(s): Brice Duisit (Voice, Vielle)
Album: Las Cansos Del Coms De Peitieus (The Songs of the Count of Poitiou) / Alpha Productions / Alpha 505
Duration: 4:30
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Presenter : Vlad Smishkewych
Producer : Sinéad Wylde
Production Co-Ordinator : Michael O'Kane